Hello! He could be stating that men do longer care about one's identity to befriend them or get to know them better, and that such treatment of others is in the past. I hope this helps!
in the passage it said that he couldnt count without his glasses on concluding that he couldnt see well to begin with without his glasses. So if he was going to do the test and base on the evidence he couldnt have passed the test without his glasses because he couldnt see
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